- satisfaction
- nounADJECTIVE▪ complete, deep, great, immense▪ overall▪
Clients are asked to rate their overall satisfaction.
▪ evident, obvious▪ grim, perverse, smug▪ quiet▪ mutual, personal▪ job, life (esp. AmE)▪ emotional, marital (AmE), sexual▪ client, customer, employee, patient… OF SATISFACTION▪ level▪My current level of job satisfaction is pretty low.
VERB + SATISFACTION▪ derive, feel, find, gain, get, have, take▪He derived great satisfaction from knowing that his son was happy.
▪Although we didn't win, we were able to take some satisfaction from our performance.
▪ bring (sb), give sb, provide (sb with)▪ expressSATISFACTION + NOUN▪ rating, score▪ level, ratePREPOSITION▪ in satisfaction▪She watched in satisfaction as he opened the present.
▪ to sb's satisfaction▪The matter was resolved to our general satisfaction.
▪ with satisfaction▪He nodded with evident satisfaction.
▪ satisfaction at▪her deep satisfaction at seeing justice done
▪ satisfaction in▪I find satisfaction in helping people.
▪ satisfaction of▪I had the satisfaction of proving him wrong.
▪ satisfaction with▪Both parties expressed their complete satisfaction with the decision.
PHRASES▪ a certain satisfaction▪She felt a certain satisfaction in keeping him waiting.
▪ a grin of satisfaction, a look of satisfaction, a smile of satisfaction, a smirk of satisfaction▪ a feeling of satisfaction, a sense of satisfaction▪ a source of satisfaction▪The children were a major source of satisfaction.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.